feat: adds --skip-init flag

internal/exec/help.go

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ func processHelp(componentType string, command string) error {
 			fmt.Println()
 			u.PrintInfo("Additions and differences from native terraform:")
 			fmt.Println(" - before executing other 'terraform' commands, 'atmos' calls 'terraform init'")
+			fmt.Println(" - you can skip over atmos calling 'terraform init' if you know your project is already in a good working state by using " +
+				"the '--skip-init' flag like so 'atmos terraform <command> <component> -s <stack> --skip-init")
 			fmt.Println(" - 'atmos terraform deploy' command executes 'terraform plan' and then 'terraform apply'")
 			fmt.Println(" - 'atmos terraform deploy' command supports '--deploy-run-init=true/false' flag to enable/disable running 'terraform init' " +
 				"before executing the command")

internal/exec/terraform.go

@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ func ExecuteTerraform(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		(info.SubCommand == "deploy" && !c.Config.Components.Terraform.DeployRunInit) {
 		runTerraformInit = false
 	}
+
+	if info.SkipInit {
+		fmt.Println()
+		u.PrintInfo("Skipping over `terraform init` due to `--skip-init` being passed.")
+		runTerraformInit = false
+	}
+
 	if runTerraformInit {
 		initCommandWithArguments := []string{"init"}
 		if info.SubCommand == "workspace" || c.Config.Components.Terraform.InitRunReconfigure {

internal/exec/utils.go

@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	// `commonFlags` are a list of flags that atmos understands but the underlying tools do not (e.g. terraform, helmfile, etc.)
+	// These flags get removed from the arg list after atmos uses them so the underlying tool does not get passed a flag it doesn't accept.
 	commonFlags = []string{
 		"--stack",
 		"-s",
 		g.DryRunFlag,
+		g.SkipInitFlag,
 		g.KubeConfigConfigFlag,
 		g.TerraformDirFlag,
 		g.HelmfileDirFlag,
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ func processArgsConfigAndStacks(componentType string, cmd *cobra.Command, args [
 	configAndStacksInfo.AutoGenerateBackendFile = argsAndFlagsInfo.AutoGenerateBackendFile
 	configAndStacksInfo.UseTerraformPlan = argsAndFlagsInfo.UseTerraformPlan
 	configAndStacksInfo.DryRun = argsAndFlagsInfo.DryRun
+	configAndStacksInfo.SkipInit = argsAndFlagsInfo.SkipInit
 	configAndStacksInfo.NeedHelp = argsAndFlagsInfo.NeedHelp
 
 	// Check if `-h` or `--help` flags are specified
@@ -566,6 +570,10 @@ func processArgsAndFlags(componentType string, inputArgsAndFlags []string) (c.Ar
 			info.DryRun = true
 		}
 
+		if arg == g.SkipInitFlag {
+			info.SkipInit = true
+		}
+
 		if arg == g.HelpFlag1 || arg == g.HelpFlag2 {
 			info.NeedHelp = true
 		}

pkg/config/schema.go

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ type ArgsAndFlagsInfo struct {
 	AutoGenerateBackendFile string
 	UseTerraformPlan        bool
 	DryRun                  bool
+	SkipInit                bool
 	NeedHelp                bool
 }
 
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ type ConfigAndStacksInfo struct {
 	AutoGenerateBackendFile   string
 	UseTerraformPlan          bool
 	DryRun                    bool
+	SkipInit                  bool
 	ComponentInheritanceChain []string
 	NeedHelp                  bool
 	ComponentIsAbstract       bool

pkg/globals/globals.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const (
 
 	FromPlanFlag = "--from-plan"
 	DryRunFlag   = "--dry-run"
+	SkipInitFlag = "--skip-init"
 
 	HelpFlag1 = "-h"
 	HelpFlag2 = "--help"